Congratulations to the 2025 Tennessee ORBIE winners!
Leadership
J. Tod Fetherling
Global
Jason Landrum
Large Enterprise
Carman Wenkoff
Enterprise
Tom Barnett
Large Corporate
Pam Austin
Corporate
Yvette Clark
CISO Large Enterprise
Steve Crocker
CISO Enterprise
Brian Elrod
Global Finalists
Kevin
Blanchard
Eduard
de Vries
Jason
Landrum
Brandon
Stroud
Large Enterprise Finalists
Angel
Ayala
Ido
Biger
Gaurav
Khanna
Al
Smith
Carman
Wenkoff
Enterprise Finalists
Tom
Barnett
Anthony
Burwell
Anika
Gardenhire
Teddy
Hazelwood
Kimberly
Purcell
Large Corporate Finalists
Pam
Austin
Rao
Kasibhotla
Haden
McWhorter
Clayton
Phillips
Corporate Finalists
Yvette
Clark
William
Figueroa
Vibha
Gore
Jared
Mabry
Dan
Prestegaard
CISO Large Enterprise Finalists
Steve
Crocker
Lana
Davenport
Andy
Heins
Darrell
Jenkins
Nagi
Kudithini
Tom
Ratz
CISO Enterprise Finalists
Brian
Elrod
Elliott
Franklin
Ben
Hicks
Joey
Johnson
David
Prats
Leonard
Tan
2025 Keynote
Tod Fetherling
Leadership Award Recipient
J. Tod Fetherling
For over 30 years, Tod has developed skills in healthcare, technology, and analytics that he uses to help clients identify and analyze patterns to accelerate revenue growth. He brings expertise in disease prediction, demographics, psychographics, clustering, marketing, research, data, and media to help organizations drive value from technology. Fetherling’s career has been a series of “firsts” in various industry segments. He built one of the first public health portals at HCA, created the first home health use rates, directed the first live surgery and first live birth on the Internet, and created the first K-12 health curriculum online. Most recently, he founded and launched the first cloud-based care management system. Fetherling served as President/CEO of the Nashville Technology Council. He led the Technology Council through a growth phase that included a re-branding of the 10-year-old organization and increased membership by 29% and revenue by 89%. The organization served more than 400 companies connecting 23,000 tech workers in Middle Tennessee. In addition, he helped launch the Nashville Entrepreneur Center in partnership with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Fetherling was recognized as a member of the Nashville Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Nashville Technology Hall of Fame in 2013. He was Trevor A. Fisk 1999 Young Marketer of the Year, a prestigious honor that recognizes the contributions of outstanding healthcare marketing professionals. In 2016, he was named Most Admired CEO and a Healthcare Hero (Entrepreneur Category) by the Nashville Business Journal.